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Florence Price

1887 - 1953

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Florence Beatrice Price (née Smith; April 9, 1887 – June 3, 1953) was an American classical composer, pianist, organist and music teacher. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Price was educated at the New England Conservatory of Music, and was active in Chicago from 1927 until her death in 1953. Price is noted as the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. Price composed over 300 works: four symphonies, four concertos, as well as choral works, art songs, chamber music and music for solo instruments. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Florence Price is the 1,270th most popular composer (up from 1,284th in 2019), the 8,917th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,802nd in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Florence Price ranks 1,270 out of 1,451. Before her are H. C. Robbins Landon, Victor Herbert, Gerald Finzi, Näcip Cihanov, Peter Warlock, and Vladimir Martynov. After her are Vincent Youmans, Klaus Egge, Pauline Oliveros, Federico Chueca, Alexandre Levy, and Conlon Nancarrow.

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Among people born in 1887, Florence Price ranks 244. Before her are Ivan Kavaleridze, Kate Gillou, Arvo Ylppö, Arne Halse, Karl Johan Svensson, and William Henry Dean. After her are Samuel Eliot Morison, Erich Hecke, Karl Taylor Compton, Carl Ebert, Ahmet Haşim, and Guðjón Samúelsson. Among people deceased in 1953, Florence Price ranks 166. Before her are Manoelzinho, Arthur Berry, Charles R. Knight, Lewis Stone, Robert G. Vignola, and Luis Alberto Riart. After her are Maurice Vignerot, Millard Mitchell, Snowy Baker, James J. Jeffries, Maria Andreyeva, and Henri Padé.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Florence Price ranks 8,919 out of 20,380. Before her are Ricky Steamboat (1953), Jack Sholder (1945), Stephen F. Cohen (1938), Angie Harmon (1972), Chrissy Teigen (1985), and Patrick Fabian (1964). After her are Gypsy Rose Lee (1911), Diana Der Hovanessian (1934), Paul McCrane (1961), Michael K. Williams (1966), Bruce Bennett (1906), and Kevin Richardson (1971).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Florence Price ranks 89. Before her are William Schuman (1910), Leigh Harline (1907), Mark Snow (1946), Virgil Thomson (1896), Marco Beltrami (1966), and H. C. Robbins Landon (1926). After her are Vincent Youmans (1898), Pauline Oliveros (1932), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), Jonathan Larson (1960), Lowell Mason (1792), and Paul Williams (1940).

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